A/N: Thank you all for the great comments, suggestions and theories! Keep them coming - they sometimes inspire me to write something totally different than what I had planned ;)

ThePhoenixandtheDragon: Lucius and Arthur having to spend time together... I would pay money to see that – wait I can just write it :D But I'd still watch it – in a nice sunchair… with a cocktail in my hand.

Mizzrazz72: Do you really believe that he is done causing trouble?

tefe203: Me as a teacher? Why that? Haha there are many more secrets to be revealed ;)

Randomplotbunny: Yes it is always fun when all his secrets are revealed since it seems to be his greatest pride in life to keep as many of them as possible. Of course a week is ages for teenagers in puberty :D

Zoysite: Nein, das wird nicht passieren. Sie sind ja nicht die Angeklagten sondern die Kläger. Außerdem ist es nicht so einfach einem Lord Veritaserum zu verpassen :P Extra für dich hab ich eine große Portion Marvolo&Severus eingebaut ;)

Guest: I have no idea what you are talking about but thank you for your comment.

Dixie.f.9: I think if your hangovers are as bad as mine (which Harry's are) that is punishment enough. When I had my first hangover my mum woke me up at 7 the next morning and stuck me in the shower to get rid of the stench of cigarettes – that was punishment enough…

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling - I just played a bit in her universe.

Thanks to miu-sama95 for prereading, betaing and helping with the storyline ;)

Chapter 41: Lovey-Dovey

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He was having a wonderful dream about that cute little witch he knew. She had short, spikey hair and such beautiful expressive eyes. He loved those eyes and would love to spend the rest of his life gazing into them but he knew they were both too young to think about something like that. Way too young.

Also she was older than him so his chances of being paired up with her were slim. Her being older than him also meant that she would be off to Hogwarts in a few weeks while he would be stuck at home. This would be the last time he would see her until the Christmas parties and he had hoped to get a good bye kiss from her. Just as she leant closer to him he was pulled out of his dream by a loud noise.

"What?!"

He didn't want to wake up but now that he had registered one voice he could hear at least two others. Why were there so many people in his room? Disgruntled he slowly opened his eyes and blinked in surprise while his mind caught up with his eyes.

Next to him his godson was embracing a distraught redhead – a Weasley his mind supplied – while at the edge of the bed Sniv-… Severus was glaring at him. He could also see Marvolo near the door talking to a house elf – hopefully ordering tea.

Severus' eyes were burning holes into the side of his head so he met his gaze and – with his usual gryffindorish brashness – asked: "What?"

"How come I leave you to watch over my son and then come back to find him awake and you out cold?" Severus used the voice he usually reserved for his most dunderheaded students that even sent his colleagues running.

"He was asleep so I just closed my eyes for a moment."

"Anything could have happened while you 'just closed your eyes'!"

Like old times Sirius offhand attitude was driving the Potions Master crazy.

"But it didn't. And I would have awakened should have anything happened."

Before Severus could really blow his top Marvolo came back over and hugged him tightly from behind and Harry finally noticed the tension between them.

"Dad. Leave it. I did my best not to wake him. Also I have only been up for a few minutes when you arrived."

"Just this once, mutt."

"Great. Now that that's sorted can Ron tell us what happened?" The teen asked sarcastically.

As if she had waited for this cue Kari popped into the room with a tray of tea and biscuits. Marvolo summoned chairs and a small table for them so they could sit comfortably next to the bed.

Severus forbid Harry from leaving it for anything other than a bathroom break until he had been able to take a stomach soother. He also gave him a very light tea with lots of sugar to calm his stomach further. Harry shot him a grateful look since his stomach was still a bit queasy.

Once everyone had a cup Ron slowly recounted the happenings of the last day. He told them about the family breakfast and Ginny's attack. About their trip to St. Mungo's and the news they had gotten from the healers.

By the time he was finished his mouth felt parched and he gratefully accepted the fresh cup of tea his boyfriend was offering him. Harry had managed to keep his own tea down long enough for his father to allow him to take the stomach soother. Thankfully these were one of the only potions that actually tasted nice.

He carefully enveloped his boyfriend in a tight hug, pulling him further onto the bed. Ron twisted around a bit so he could press his face into the crook of Harry's neck. He breathed in his scent deeply trying to forget what was happening to his sister.

Trying to forget the hurt he had felt when she had attacked him. The anger he felt at the headmaster for brainwashing his baby sister and also the disappointment he felt as his own failure as a big brother. Ron let go of all these emotions, letting it all go, secure in the knowledge that his boyfriend was there for him. Harry simply held him as he broke down.

Severus Marvolo and Sirius knew that the boys needed a moment alone so they all made their way out into the hallway.

"This is unbelievable! Why would Dumbledore do something like this?" Sirius exploded once he stepped out of the room.

"Power, why else?" Severus said dryly. "Why did he do what he did to Harry? It's always about power with the old coot."

"But why Ginny Weasley? The family is one of the most devoted to him."

"Not anymore I would say."

"Why not?"

"Would you still follow a man who brainwashed your daughter blindly?"

"Nooo?"

"Especially not once they find out all the things he did to Harry." Marvolo injected. "Now I guess young Mr. Weasley will probably stay for lunch so I shall inform the elves on my way to my office."

With that he kissed his husband and left the two men behind in the hallway. He had work to do and he was sure his son appreciated not having an audience.

The two black haired men stared at each other for a moment before Sirius broke eye contact. Severus smirked at that – he hadn't lost his touch.

"Sooo… I'll go and have a shower, I think." The animagus proclaimed before retreating to his room.

That only furthered the smirk on the Potions Master's face. He quietly stepped up to his son's room and glanced inside. The two boys were still in each other's arms but they were talking quietly now. He knocked on the doorframe gently to catch their attention. When both boys turned to face him he spoke.

"Lunch will be served at noon, boys. Marv is in his office, the mutt is finally taking a shower and I'll be in my lab until then. Come find us if you need anything."

"Thanks, Dad." Harry said gratefully.

The Potions Master just nodded before he turned on his heels and walked away, closing the door behind him.

Ron had watched the whole interaction in shocked silence. He would have never, ever in his life guessed that this was the same man that had taught them potions for the last four years.

"Bloody hell that was weird!" He exclaimed.

"What do you mean?"

"Are you sure that was the greasy git… I mean Snape?"

"Yes, I'm sure." Harry got out between chuckles. "Quite the difference, ain't it?"

"Bloody hell. I can't believe they are the same."

"You should see him with Sirius. He's still his other self then. Or at least nearly his other self."

The two boys looked at each other for a moment with straight faces before they couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.

It took them quite some time to get themselves under control again. Once they were fairly calm again they made themselves comfortable on the bed and started chatting - because boys don't gossip – like usual.

"Tell me about living with them. You couldn't say much last time we saw each other", Ron commanded lightly.

"It's great. It may sound weird but I love that they hold me accountable. It may be a bit overbearing but they really care and… I just… I love them."

Ron had watched his boyfriend's face closely and had seen all the emotions that washed over it. He could tell that the other boy had never been as happy as he was right now.

"I can tell. Been in trouble yet?"

"You know me." Harry told him cheekily which had them both giggling again.

"What happened?"

"I didn't want to learn about the Wizengamot and stuff so I took the Firebolt and jumped out of the window."

"That doesn't sound so bad."

"Yeah… It doesn't if I don't mention that Dad had stepped into my room just to see me jump out."

"Bloody hell!" Ron exclaimed. "What did he do?"

"Erm… He screamed? Once I came back inside he was really upset."

"What? No scrubbing cauldrons for a month?"

"Nope."

Harry had to stop himself from looking over to his best friend or he would have burst out laughing again at his shocked look.

"Really?!"

"Really. He just crushed me in a bone breaking hug and lectured me about giving him gray hairs early."

"Unbelievable!"

"Pretty great, if you ask me."

Ron just grumbled a bit at that while taking a sip of his tea.

"Oh! They got me new glasses!" Harry exclaimed suddenly.

Before Ron could react Harry had leaned over him and picked up his new glasses from the nightstand.

At his questioning look Harry told him that his troubles concentrating and the headaches he got – which Ron knew all about – all came from wrong prescriptions in his glasses.

The two teens kept talking about everything that came to their minds except Ginny's fate and just enjoyed their time together.

Of course they interrupted or ended discussions with a few kisses here and there but nothing more. They didn't feel ready for that yet.

Although Severus had told them he would be in his lab he decided to take a detour to his husband's office for a quick talk. At least that's what he told himself.

He knew that Ginny's fate had shocked him deeply especially since his diary was the root of the problem. Marvolo may be a master at hiding his emotions but there was a reason why Severus was his husband. He knew when Marvolo was lying to everyone – even to himself.

Thus when he stepped into his husband's office he was not surprised to find the man in question pacing back and forth in front of his desk, muttering to himself while carding his hands through his hair in agitation.

Funnily enough (not that he would ever say so aloud ) Marvolo was agitated so much so that he was losing a bit of his iron control over his magic. That let to small sparks flying from the heels of his shoes every time he stomped them down on the carpet again. It would have been comical had it not been for the reason behind it and the real danger of THE Dark Lord losing control of his magic.

Severus made quick work of shutting and locking the door before he warded the whole room. Now only the house elves would be able to pop in and neither sound nor magic could leave the room.

Only then did he step into his husband's path so that the older man collided with him after one of his more vicious turns. Severus didn't say anything, just gathered Marvolo in his arms and held him tightly. He knew that his lover would start talking of his own once he was calm enough to do so.

The only way the agitated wizard acknowledged his other half was by burying his face in the other's neck and clinging to him as if he were a raft in the open sea.

They stood like that for a good quarter hour before Marvolo felt a semblance of calm again. In a small show of how he really felt he just plonked himself down on the carpet he had done his best to wear through, pulling Severus down with him. Once they were seated with their backs leaning against his desk Marvolo started talking.

"I can't believe how my diary… - myself could have done this to someone."

"It wasn't you, love."

"I still feel guilty. I feel responsible. If I… - my diary…- whatever hadn't possessed her the old goat wouldn't have been able to get into her head."

"You don't know that." Severus tried again.

"You can't tell me that you think the fool would have been able to brainwash her if my other self hadn't possessed her first!"

"No, but he never does anything without having a plan beforehand. He would have done something with Ms. Weasley anyway. This possession just helped his plans along. I'm sure of it." Severus reasoned.

Marvolo watched him closely for a moment – trying to find any lies – before he sighed and let his head drop into his hands.

"Maybe. It still makes me feel responsible for what happened." Marvolo admitted after a moment.

"We could try to do something about it."

"What do you suggest?"

"Well… First we should bring the Weasleys and Madame Bones into contact. This is just another thing to add to her case." Severus decided.

"Alright. Then what? I want to help that girl in any way possible."

"We will have to talk to the parents and the healers. But we are bot Master legilimens. There are only a few healers who reach that status. We could maybe help them by looking into her mind."

"So after lunch we floo over to St. Mungo's?" Marvolo asked.

"I think we should ask Ronald where his parents are first. But yes, let's do that after lunch."

"Soo… Do you have anything planned until lunch?" Marvolo asked cheekily after a few moments of silence.

He had slowly snaked his arm around his lover's back and used that to pull his Potions Master onto his lap. Before Severus could even open his mouth to protest the manhandling of his body, Marvolo sealed his lips in a passionate kiss that made the onyx eyed man forget everything he had wanted to say.

Once they both needed to come up for air Marvolo moved to trail tiny kisses down his husband's jaw and neck. He knew that the other was particularly sensitive there.

Severus quickly moved around on his lap so he was straddling him and their bodies were touching from chest to groin. He also captured Marvolo's lips in a snogging session again.

Just as their nimble fingers started disrobing each other there was a pop near the door and a squeaky voice cleared its throat, pulling them apart.

The both looked over to the door to find Mimsy standing there looking rather embarrassed.

"Yes?" Marvolo asked calmly although his labored breathing betrayed his arousal.

"Lunch bes served, masters."

"Thank you, Mimsy. We'll be there shortly."

The elf nodded and vanished, leaving the two wizards alone to deal with their arousal.

"Unbelievable!" Severus panted. "Why do we always get interrupted?"

"I don't know, love. But we better get moving or Harry will come looking for us."

That had Severus jumping up from Marvolo's lap and trying to hide the bulge in his pants.

Thankfully he had been brewing that morning and was still wearing his brewing robes. Marvolo was also grateful that he was wearing robes. They were shorter house robes but they still did a good job of hiding his crotch.

After one last glance to make each other's hair presentable they dismantled the wards and walked to the dining room hand in hand.

The other three were already seated at the table talking loudly. Gryffindors just couldn't talk quietly.

Marvolo took his seat at the head of the table with Severus to his right and Harry to his left. He noted with amusement that since Ronald had chosen the seat next to his boyfriend his husband had to endure Sirius as his neighbor for the meal.

Severus scrunched up his face when he noticed just that but was placated by the hand his husband laid on his upper tight.

The elves brought them their lunch and they all started tucking in heartily.

Harry and Ron shared looks, touches and bits of food when they thought no one was watching. They also snuck one or two kisses in there but the three adults saw it all. While two of them were the sneakiest Slytherins that existed the third had been raised as one and had been one of the biggest pranksters Hogwarts had ever seen. One needed to be particular observant and sneaky to reach that status.

The teens were oblivious to it all and just enjoyed their time together.

Marvolo and Severus were doing something similar. Marvolo's hand had not left Severus tight once and had instead started wandering closer to his crotch. The Potions Master was enacting his revenge by playing footsie beneath the table. They were a lot sneakier than the boys but the mutt still noticed. He also saw the heated looks the adults were sending each other.

For some time he tried to ignore them all and concentrate on his food – he was ravenous – but they all only got worse.

The teens had started holding hands under the table and were making eyes at each other so much that Sirius had to avert his eyes.

Not that the adults were any better. They had started feeding each other bits of food and kissing in between. Interestingly enough the teens didn't even notice the adult's behavior.

Sirius was not sure anymore if any of them registered that they were not in a bedroom but at a dining table. Especially that he was there alone while they were all couples. Not that he begrudged them being couples and in love! It was just that it was all too sickly sweet for him.

After one particular heated kiss between the adults he had enough.

"Stop it! All of you! Stop with that lovey-dovey googly eyes!" He exclaimed jumping to he feet.

"Padfoot?" Harry asked surprised.

"You are all too sickly sweet in love! I can't watch that anymore. If I see one more kissy face I'm going to puke! Do that somewhere other than the dining table."

After seeing the shocked looks on the other's faces Sirius simply pushed back his chair and left the room.

The others shared confused looks before shrugging their shoulders and going back to their meals.

They would let the animagus cool down before talking to him.

'Lovey-dovey.' Severus scoffed internally at the terms the mutt had used. He was not lovey-dovey, thank you very much. Neither was his husband. His husband was the darkest Dark Lord that ever existed!

TBC

Sorry to you all for uploading so late! I was ill last week and my beta is studying for one of the hardest exams ever. We just didn't manage it any earlier...

Thankfully we only have one more week to go until easter hols :D

Do you like the 'Lovey-Dovey' in this chapter? Next chapter will bring you all the interview with Amelia ;)

First posted on: 18. March2018

Next update planned: 01. April 2018